All around the world, Octav (Octav 
, Октав 
, אוקטב 
) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The forename Octav is characteristic of Romania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Moldova, and Indonesia, where it is a rare epicene name. Likewise, Octav is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Octav | Germany, Indonesia, Romania, Italy, Moldova |
| Октав | Russia, Ukraine |
| אוקטב | Israel |
Octav is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Octave de Camps , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine and Octave de Bauvan , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine.
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octav вăncilă Romanian artist (1872-1944), RO (b. 1872) |
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octav boian (b. 1863) |
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octav onicescu Romanian mathematician (1892-1983), RO (b. 1892) |
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octav mayer Romanian mathematician, RO (b. 1895) |
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octav livezeanu Romanian diplomat (1902-1975), RO (b. 1902) |
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octav vorobchievici RO (b. 1896) |
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octav șuluțiu Romanian writer and literary critic (1909-1949), RO (b. 1909) |
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octav pancu-iași Romanian novelist and children's writer, RO (b. 1929) |
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| octav george lecca romanian writer and historian (b. 1881) |
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| octav botez Romanian literary critic and historian, RO (b. 1884) |
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| octav dessila Romanian writer (1895-1976), RO (b. 1895) |
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| octav doicescu Romanian architect, RO (b. 1902) |
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| octav luchide RO (b. 1901) |
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| octav botnar Romanian businessman, RO (b. 1913) |
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| octav sargețiu (b. 1908) |
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